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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 377

Lord Lyttleton. (1709–1773)

4111

For his chaste Muse employ’d her heaven-taught lyre
None but the noblest passions to inspire,
Not one immoral, one corrupted thought,
One line which, dying, he could wish to blot.

Prologue to Thomson’s Coriolanus.

4112

Women, like princes, find few real friends.

Advice to a Lady.

4113

What is your sex’s earliest, latest care,
Your heart’s supreme ambition? To be fair.

Advice to a Lady.

4114

The lover in the husband may be lost.

Advice to a Lady.

4115

How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

An Irregular Ode.

4116

None without hope e’er lov’d the brightest fair,
But love can hope where reason would despair.

Epigram.

4117

Where none admire, ’t is useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, ’t is vain to be a belle.

Soliloquy on a Beauty in the Country.

4118

    Alas! by some degree of woe
  We every bliss must gain;
The heart can ne’er a transport know
  That never feels a pain.

Song.

Edward Moore. (1712–1757)

4119

Can’t I another’s face commend,
And to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lowers,
As if her merit lessen’d yours?

The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix.

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